Music stand and light support



Jul 22 E. J. SMITH MUSIC STAND AND LIGHT SUPPORT 2 Sheets- Sheet lOriginal Filed Sept. 1 1921 July 22 192%,

E. J. SMITH MUSIC STAND AND LIGHT SUPPORT Original Filed Sept. 1. 1921 2snwxs sne l 2 Patented July 22, 19245..

STATES PATENT EDWARD J. SMITH, or CLEVELAND, OHIO, AssIeNo-B T MRS. MARYE. SMITH, or

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MUSIC STAND AND LIGHT SUPPORT.

Application filed September 1, 1921, Serial No. 497,584. Renewed June 9,1924.

To all whom it may concern:

B it known that I, EDWARD J. SMITH, a citizen of the UnitedStates,-residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuya'hoga and- State ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Music Standsand Light Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to music stands or the like, and comprises amusic stand provided with electric lights for the purpose ofilluminating the music or other matter on the stand. It is old in theart to equip a music stand with a lighting attachment, but many of theseare objectionable for various reasons, among which may be men tionedthat the page is unevenly lighted, and the lamp is placed in suchposition that it obstructs the view of the player with respect to theorchestra leader. The object therefore of the present invention is toprovide an improved stand equipped with lamps in such manner that thepage is fully and evenly illuminated, and the lamps are so disposed thatthey afford no obstruction between the musician and the orchestraleader.

The device will be found especially useful;

in moving picture orchestras where the general illumination is dim andindividual lights necessary. The article also has advantages withrespect to rigidity and cheap ness of construction, all of which willmore fully appear from the following description.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the standwith the lamp attachment. Fig. 2 is a separate elevation of the standardand lamps. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the head of the stand. Fig. 4is a detail in elevation of the pipe connections and the bracket for thehead. Fig. 5 is a detail in section of one of the lamp shades. Fig. 6 isa bottom plan view of the base of the shade.

In the drawings, 6 indicates a tubular standard supported on feet 7 andreceiving the adjustable tubular upper section 8 of the standard. Thetop of this section is connected to a special fitting shown especiallyin Fig. 4, consisting of an inclined head plate 9 and an integral T 10into which the pipe section 8 is screwed, and the branches of thisfitting receive the tubular lamp arms 11 which extend outwardly at eachside and then upwardly beside the extended through the standard sections6 and 8 and the arms 11, to the lamps. Suitable. switches may beprovided at any place on the line to control the lamp circuits, one ofsaid switches being indicated at 17. The wiring connections are thushoused or enclosed in the tubes, and there are no exposed or loose wiresaround the upper part of the stand.

Each lamp is provided with a shade consisting of an upper reflector part18 and a lower or base part 19, the latter of which rests at 20 on theneck of the. bulb 15, and has a flange 21 fitting around the lower edgeof the shade 18, and this base is provided with anopening 22 throughwhich the light is reflected, as indicated in Fig. 5, toward the board12. The shade thereby completely covers the lamp, except at the opening22, and the lightthrough said opening is reflected directly on to thepages on the stand, the shade 18 being provided with an inner reflectingsurface. By the use of two lamps, one of which is at each side of thestand, the pages are completely and evenly illuminated; furthermore thelocation of the lamps at the sides of the stand do not obstruct the viewof the player toward the orchestra leader. The whole provides a strongrigid support for both the music and the lamps. Various changes may bemade in the structure within the scope of the invention, and nolimitation inthis respect is implied.

I claim:

1. The combination with a music stand, of means to illuminate the sameby direct and indirect rays, comprising lamps at opposite sides of thehead of the stand, each of said lamps being provided with a shade havingan inner reflecting surface and a bottom having an opening located inthe line of direct rays from the lamp to the middle portion of the headof the stand.

2. The combination with a music stand having a hollow standard and arack at the top thereof, a pair of tubular arms extending from the topof the standard and under the rack and upwardly beside opposite ends Villumination from ,the reflecting portion ofof the rack an electric lamponthe upper end of each arm, conductors extending through the standardand arms to the lamps, and a shade on each lamp having a closed bottomwith an opening therein located between the lamp and the rack.

A music stand having a rack at the top thereof and a lamp supported ateach end of the rack, eachlamp being enclosed in a bell-shaped shadehaving a reflecting surface and a bottom provided with an openingbetween the lamp and a definite,

area of the rack, whereby a portion of the rack receives directillumination from the lamps and the remainder receives indirect the sade.-

4, A music stand having a rack. at. the 7 top, and a pair of lamps.supported above and beside each end of the rack, each lamp beingprovided with a light-proof reflecting shade having a closed bottom'p'rovided with an opening between the lamp and the rack, whereby therack is illuminated from opposite sides, the size of the openingsbeingsuch as to confine the direct rays of the lamps to the middle portionofthe rack, and the shades having convexreflecting surfaces adapted toreflect rays through said openings to the end portions of the rack.

In testimony whereoflI do afiix my signature in presence of twowitnesses. I r a EDWARD J. SMITH.

Witnesses: I a

' JOHN A.'BQMM.HARDT;,

EDWARD I. HOBDAY.

